Interests and incentivesRegionalising the political partnership with the ACP may also require more than a (late) invitation to North Africa to join the structures of a future Africa partnership. The EU’s partnership ‘offer’ remains unclear, and North African demand is intangible at best. Neither the ACP group, or the African Union, or any North African country has thus far expressed an explicit position on the issue. North African countries are increasingly looking South, which may affect their position in a continental partnership with the EU. Have North African interests in a continental EU-Africa framework evolved over time?

Source: The North Africa Journal March 30, 2018 05:15 UTC